Intellectual Property

Hello attached is the work i created. I need help solving the question below. 4. Appropriate management response to the situation to limit legal liability. 6. Explain the action that management can take to apply the liability limiting rules to the situation.

Buying a Coffee Company

Buying a Coffee Company Please disregard the question to Cablevision. --- (See attached file for full problem description)

Holding a Cruise Ship liable for damages

Two passengers (husband and wife), from the United States, were on a cruise ship that was flying the flag of Liberia. During the cruise they surprised two employees of robbing their room. During the scuffle, the husband had a heart attack and died. The spouse wants to sue the owner of the ship, since the robbers were identified as employees. However, there is a problem, as Liberia does not recognize the property stolen as belonging to the wife, but belonging to the husband. Also that the wife belonged to the husband and has no say in the husband's property. Since this ship was flying under a "flag of convenience" arrangement, what are the rights of the wife if any? What is the wife's... click for more

The Law and 900 Telephone Charges

A large company (XYZ) owns a local telephone service. XYZ company allows the telephone service company to run 900 numbers for dating services, chat lines, and psychic hot lines. These charges often blend into the small print on the bill and are shown as charges from the XYZ company instead of the dating service, chat line, etc. Let's say for the sake of argument that the Smiths did not check their bill and was not aware until they were contacted about the deliquent charges. And the 12 year old grandson made the calls. I am writing a paper on the legal and ethical environment involving consumers. They have since hired an attorney. 1. The Smith's did not follow the quidelines as indicated o... click for more

Legal Ramifications

The Telecommunications Group of DWI owns and Operates several local telephone companies. One service that DWI provides to its commercial customers is the use of \"900 numbers\" by which third-parties (clients of DWI customers) receive products & services. Billing for these products and services is delineated as charges owed to DWI instead of the business provider (e.g. Dudes with Dough, Lonely College Co-Eds, Madame Marie - Psychic to the Stars, etc.) and often blends into the small-print of phone bills and is overlooked by spouses, parents, and persons other than the third party user who might have access to the bill. DWI owns and operates Appalachian Bell, the local service provider fo... click for more